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Police search for shooter who killed 1, injured several at Hamilton bar

Several people were shot at a Hamilton bar early Sunday morning, police said.

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Updated: 6:30 PM EDT Jul 24, 2016

Police search for shooter who killed 1, injured several at Hamilton bar

Several people were shot at a Hamilton bar early Sunday morning, police said.

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WEBVTT , COURTIS.JUST A FEW HOURS AGO,INVESTIGATORS TORE DOWN THECRIME TAPE FROM AROUND DOUBLE'SBAR HERE IN HAMILTON.BUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THEEARLY MORNING SHOOTING HERE ISSTILL VERY MUCH IN THEPRELIMINARY STAGES POLICE HAVEN'T RELEASED MANYDETAILS AT THIS HOUR, BUT THEYHAVE CONFIRMED ONE PERSON WASHOT AND KILLED AND SEVERALOTHERS WERE INJURED.THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS ARESTILL ON THE RUN.HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CHAOTICSCENE FROM EARLIER THIS MORNINPOLICE SAY JUST BEFORE TWO AGUNFIRE RANG OUT INSIDE THIS BARAND THEN SPILLED OUT INTO THEPARKING LOT HERE IN THE 1500BLOCK OF MAIN STREETPOLICE ARE WORKING TO DETERMINEHOW MANY SHOOTERS WERE INVOLVEDAND WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS.SOME OF THE SHOOTING VICTIMSWERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCALHOSPITALS OTHERS DROVETHEMSELVES.AT THIS HOUR, WE STILL DON'TKNOW HOW MANY VICTIMS THERE AREAND WHAT THEIR CONDITIONS ARPOLICE SAY THIS BAR HAS HADTROUBLE IN THE PASCRAIG BUCHEIT, HAMILTON POLICECHIEF: AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS ISUNACCEPABLE, WON'T BE TOLERATED.WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THATAND WORK WITH THEM, AND LET THEMKNOW THAT WE'RE A PARTNER ANDWE'RE HERE AS A RESOURCE ANDWE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM.BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S THEIRRESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEYRUN AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE THISKIND OF ACTIVITY DOESN'T OCCUR.AMANDA: I SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OFMANAGERS FROM DOUBLE'S BAR BOTHOVER THE PHONE AND IN PERSONTODAY.THEY SAY TONIGHT THEY ARECLEANING UP AND OPEN FORBUSINESS.INVESTIGATORS HAVE YET TORELEASE ANY KIND OF DESCRIPTIONOF THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS STILLON THE RUNPOLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO WASHERE LAST NIGHT AND MAY HAVEINFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP THISINVESTIGATION TO GIVE THEM ACALLREPORTING LIVE IN HAMILTON,AMANDA KELLEY, WLWT NEWS 5COURTIS: AS THOSE SHOTS RANGOUT, MULTIPLE CALLS FLOODEDHAMILTON 911 DISPATCHERSWITNESSES IN A PANIC, PLEADINGFOR HELPWLWT NEWS FIVE'S TAMMY MUTASAHAS POURED OVER THOSE CALLS.SHE IS LIVE OUTSIDE FORTHAMILTON HOSPITATAMMY: COURTIS, THE 911 CALLSARE DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO ANDTHERE'S A LOT OF THEM.THEY ALL PAINT A TERRIFYINGPICTUREOF CHAOS DURING THADEADLY SHOOTINCALLER: CAN YOU COME TO DOUBLESON THE WEST SIDE THERE'S GUNSHOTS, SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SHOPLEASE.GUNFIRE ERUPTED AROUND 2 A.M.INSIDE THE DOUBLES BAR ON MAINSTREETONE MAN WAS DEAD, SEVERAL PEOPLEWERE HURT.DOZENS OF PEOPLE CALLED 911SAYING AT BETWEEN 15 TO 20 SHOTSHAD BEEN FIRED.IT WAS SO CHAOTIC.PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING AND CRYINGDURING SEVERAL 911 CALLS.IN OTHER CALLS, YOU CAN HEARDISPATCHERS IN THE BACKGROUND,TRYING TO HELP MORE CALLERSPEOPLE WERE FRANTICALLY LOOKINGFOR THEIR RELATIVES.ONE WOMAN HID UNDER THE TABLEINSIDE THE CLUMANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE TAKENTO FORT HAMILTON HOSPITAL BEHINDME WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.IT'S STILL UNCLEAR HOW MANY MOREPEOPLE WERE SHOT.REPORTING LIVE IN HAMILTON,

Police search for shooter who killed 1, injured several at Hamilton bar

Several people were shot at a Hamilton bar early Sunday morning, police said.